J A C K R A N D E L L

F I S H D O G J A C K 

This page features new works from a solo exhibition at Peach Black Gallery

Chippendale, Sydney in September-October 2024.

Excerpt from an essay by Dr. Andrew Frost:

“In Jack Randell’s Animal Studies, the artist examines the way animals display aspects of self-awareness through their shape, size and movement – that is, how their bodies determine their behaviours and interactions – and how this in turn suggests some sense of self-awareness, or what the artist calls their “agency and subjectivity.”

Animals learn complex behaviours through interaction with other members of their species, and through interaction with their environment, and through their encounters with humans. Animals are both capable and adaptable, but how much of this behaviour is self-awareness?

Jack Randell is a classical artist insofar as his practice is determined by a curiosity of mind that works its way through various ideas and concepts, letting each new development in his research influence and guide his work.

This exhibition, while it explores the question of animal self-awareness, suggests something else quite profound: while we ponder the subjectivity of the creatures we share the planet with, we also consider our own.”